Hard vs. Soft Water

Posted on Mar 1, 2018 12:56pm PST

How efficient is the water that runs through your plumbing pipes? Hard
water isn’t quite as easy to work with as soft water, which has
implications for your expenses. Watch this video and learn about the difference
between hard and soft water.

Hard and soft water look the same, because you can’t see the mineral
content. High levels of calcium and magnesium contribute to hard water.
These minerals are absorbed into water that flows through rocks, increasing
the concentration in the water. Soft water may have flowed over rocks
that didn’t have soluble minerals to bear, keeping a low concentration.
Remember, hardness is a spectrum, so water isn’t just completely
hard or completely soft.